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April 27, 2006
Iran: Ayatollahs Find President Not Islamic Enough
Oh, the beauty of it. It turns out Mad Mahmoud's (Ahmadinejad) decision to let women into soccer stadiums has angered the real power in Iran, the Ayatollahs. It seems Mad Mahmoud didn't read his Koran well enough, busy as he was promising the annihilation of Israel and the shaming of the West and all. This means the women-in-stadiums decision will be reversed: Iran clergy angry over women fans
Iran's religious right is voicing growing opposition to a decision to let women to watch football matches for the first time since the 1979 revolution.Four grand ayatollahs and several MPs have protested against the move, saying it violates Islamic law for a woman to look at the body of a male stranger.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at April 27, 2006 10:05 AM
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